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JEANS.,C.M.G.,Surgeon Rear Admiral (RN).T[homas] T[endron]: : ON FOREIGN SERVICE

LONDON.BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED.[n.d. - but circa 1935.]

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UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[Not dated but from publisher's advert list of Percy Westerman titles,the first 4 of its listed 42 titles beginning with 'The Red Pirate' and ending with 'Sleuths of the Air' were issued/published 1935 - assuming these as the newest titles.]VG/NFINE.Neat, handwritten familial gift presentation inscrptn+date (Christmas 1941) to top corner of front free endpaper.Bright, crisp,clean glossy,colour,pictorial artwork by William Rainey,R.I. illustrated front panel and spine/backstrip with white letters to front and blue letters to spine,rear panel with grubbing to a white background with blue lettered critics' reviews of publisher's output.With shelf-wear to edges and corners - some minimal creasing,top front corner tip rubbed with some minimal chipping and loss to same,a small closed tear to top edge near to rear gutter,small triangular abrasion tear with no loss to spine - no other major nicks,tears or splits present. Any other discolouration or other imperfections commensurate with book's age.Bright,crisp,clean,matt,sharp-cornered,publisher's original navy blue cloth boards/covers,with 4-colour blocked (blue-green,white,navy blue and tan) pictorial seascape artwork by William Rainey,R.I.,with white lettering, illustrated front panel and detail illustrated spine/backstrip,rear panel plain navy blue without decoration. Negligible shelf-wear,bumping,creasing, no nicks,tears,splits or fraying present.Top edges coloured navy blue,fore-edges lightly toned,some minimal thumbing with very faint,and very minimal sporadic foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight, clean - text body virtually foxing-free, solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread,apart from my own collation.Both pastedowns near immaculate,opposite facing plain white free endpapers to either,each a with narrow off-set shadow from dw/dj's inner flaps,both hinges solid and sound without any tears,splits or cracking.UK, 12mo HB,1st edn thus,11-381pp [paginated] includes XVIII (18) chapters,46 b/w illus by William Rainey,R.I - includes frntis - all called for and present,plus [unpaginated] half-title,b/w frntis, minisculely foxed/spotted verso of title page,author's preface,separate contents+ illustrations lists/table,and 2pp blanks at the rear of the book. Boy's historical fiction. When the policies of a Central American dictator threaten British interests,two armoured cruisers of the Royal Navy are sent and arrive to ensure that the politician who replaces the curmudgeon looks favourably on the British.Further fictionalised experiences on board a cruiser around the world,which includes this revolution in a South American Republic. Another uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well, particularly with respect to the book,and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a children's book of this age. Surgeon Rear-Admiral Thomas Tendron Jeans, C.M.G., R.N.,entered the Royal Navy as a surgeon in 1894.He retired as Surgeon Rear-Admiral January 19,1926.He served in the South African war of 1899-1900,in the Orange Free State,and in the Great War 1914-1918,serving on the Dardanelles and on the Suez Canal. He was editor and co-author of Naval Brigades in the South African War,1899- 1900.He was also a writer of sea life in the Navy,the last being published in 1913. William H. Rainey (1852-1936).Born in London.Studied at South Kensington School of Art and at the Royal Academy Schools.A landscape amd figure painter in watercolour,and author and illustrator of children's books published principally by BLACKIE AND SON,LIMITED.As a watercolourist,he won medals at the Chicago (1893) and Paris (1900) exhibitions.His delicate brush strokes reproduced well in both colour and half-tone.Thorpe considered him a great but unrecognised illustrator who was 'never conventional in his designs,had a fine sense of character,and maintained the interes throughout the whole of the drawing.Elected RI (1891),ROI (1932.Died at Eastbourne, Sussex. Please contact seller,because of the value of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

UK,12mo HB+dw/dj,1st edn thus.[
Not SIGNED.

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